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“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

UP CM launches ‘Mission Shakti’ a day after another teenager alleges rape

In its first phase,the six-month campaign, will focus on “spreading awareness towards ensuring the safety and dignity of women and girl-child” 

A 17-year-old Dalit girl was found hanging in Delhi, why is no one asking questions about it?

The teenager’s family alleged she was raped and killed, Police state it is a case of suicide, and a false narrative is being created & media, politicians ignore it all

Women lawyers move SC against Madhya Pradesh HC ‘Rakhi for Bail’ order

The petitioners have challenged the High Court order that caused further victimisation of the survivor by letting off her abuser easy

Van Gujjars send letters to 13 Ministers and officials to prevent unlawful eviction

Dedicated to the protection of their homeland, Van Gujjar community drafts letters to decry the creation of a tiger reserve and to assert their forest rights.

Minority Lives Matter

Is new India a better place for Dalits, Muslims, women and other minorities?

Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Mathura district court admits plea against Shahi Idgah

Recently a civil court had dismissed the plea seeking removal of the 16th century mosque adjascent to the Krishna temple

Van Gujjars demand for forest rights, local representatives offer support

Hundreds of forest-dwellers across Shivalik mountain range assembled on Thursday to discuss the threat of eviction and the creation of a tiger reserve with local representatives and organisations.

UP: Teenage Dalit girl’s body found in paddy field, family suspect rape

Family found the half-naked body of their teenage daughter on Wednesday night in a paddy field where she had gone to work

Serious inaccuracy in police account of those killed in Delhi violence: Brinda Karat

The CPI (M) Polit Bureau Member alerts Police Commissioner SN Srivastava about inaccuracies

Hathras case: CJP moves MEITY against news channel for spreading hate and misinformation

‘Best Hindi News’ channel had shared abusive and inflammatory videos that promoted caste supremacy and anti-victim narrative on its social media platforms

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“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.

Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills

As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack